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Tobijah
Id., a Levite sent out through Judah by Jehoshaphat to teach the people (2 Chr. 17:8).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(goodness of Jehovah).
One of the Levites sent by Jehoshaphat, to teach the law in the cities of Judah. (2 Chronicles 17:8) (B.C. 910.) One of the captivity in the time of Zechariah, in whose presence the prophet, as commanded to take crowns of silver and gold and put them on the head of Joshua the high priest. (Zechariah 6:10,14) (B.C 519.)
In the Bible
3
Verses where Tobijah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 2 Chronicles 17:8
accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
- Zechariah 6:10
“Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon—and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.
- Zechariah 6:14
The crown will reside in the temple of the LORD as a memorial to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and the gracious son of Zephaniah.
Scripture on Tobijah
2
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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